Car-truck



(No Model.)

J. G. WANDS.

GAR TRUGK.

No. 580,241. PatentedApr. 6, 1897.

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UNITED STATES JOI-IN O. VANDS, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,241, dated April 6, 1897.

Application nea my e, 1896.

Serial No. 598,073. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. VANDS, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Trucks, of which the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My present invention relates to car-trucks, and especially to housings for the oilboxes and springs of a car-truck, and is an improvement upon my former invention shown in United States Letters Patent No. 562,262, dated June 16, 1896; and it consists inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is an outside elevation of one of my improved housings for the oil-boxes and springs of a car-truck, the same being shown in position for use upon the end of an I-beam side beam of the car-truck. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the part shown in Fig. 1, the parts being broken away on the line 3 3 to more clearly illustrate the same. Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view of a piece of the housing, taken on the line of one surface of the web of the I-beam and illustrating t-he parts of the housing which contact with the side and end of the web of the I-beam. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the outside face of the outer housing-column, the same being broken away in the center to economize space. Fig. 6 is a viewin elevation, partly in section, ofthe inner face of the outer housing-column, the same being broken away in the center to economize space. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the outer housing-column, and said column would appear the same in a bottom plan view. Fig. Sis a horizontal sectional view of the outer housing-column on the lines 8 S of Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 9 is an end view of the upper spring-seat of which I make use.

My present invention is especially applicable to the class of car-trucks shown in my patent above referred to, in which I-beams are used for the side beams of the truck.

The rivet-s 10 (shown in Fig. l) hold the I- beam side beam l1 securely in position relative to the cross-beams of the truck. My improved housing is attached to the ends of the side beam 11 and consists of the three pieces which I designate as the "inner housing-column l2, the outerhousing-column 7 13, and the upper spring-seat 14.-. The innerhousin g-column l2 consists of the vertical housingplate 15, to the lower end of which is attached the lower housing-plate 16, which plate projects outwardly at right angles to said plate 15. The upper housing-plate 17 is attached to the upper end of the plate 15 and projects outwardly at right angles to said plate and in a line parallel with the plate 16. The plates 15, 16, and 17 are formed integral, and their general outline is indicated by the dotted line 19 in Fig. 1. Projecting upwardly from the edges of the upper housing-plate 17 are the outer strengthening-ribs 20 and 21, said ribs running the entire length of said plate. Proj ectin g upwardly from the center of said plate 17 and between the ribs 2O and 21 is a rib 22. The rib 22 extends parallel with the ribs 21 and 20, but it is cut short at its outer end, as shown by dotted line 23 in Fig. 1.

Projecting downwardly from the edges of the plate 16 are the outer strengthening-ribs 24 and 25, which extend the entire length of said plate 16,and projecting downwardly from the center of said plate is the strengtheningrib 26, which extends parallel with said ribs 24 and 25, but is cut short at its front end, as shown by the dotted line 27 in Fig. 1.

Extending inwardly from the edges of the plate 15 are the strengthening-ribs 28 and 29, the upper ends of which are attached to the inner ends of the ribs 2O and 21, respectively,y and the lower ends of which are attached to the inner ends of the ribs 24- and 25, respectively. Extending inwardly from the lower ends of the ribs 28 and 29 are the lugs 30 and 31, which lugs engage under the lower corners ofthe I-beam. Between the ribs 2S and 29 and attached to the inner face of the plate 15 are the horizontal strengthening-walls 32, 33, and 34. Extending inwardly from the lower end of the plate 15 and between the ribs 28 and 29 is a strengthening-rib 35, the lower end of which i's attached to the rib 26, and the upper end of which is attached to the lower side of the horizontal wall 34.

Extending inwardly from the edges of the upper end of the plate 15 are the strengthen- 1 in g-ribs 36 and 37, the lower ends of which are IOO attached to the horizontal wall 32 and the upper ends of which are attached to the ribs 2O and 21, respectively. Extending inwardly from the center of the upper end of the plate 15 and between the ribs 36 and 37 is a rib 38, the lower end of which is attached to the upper side of the wall 32 and the upper end of which is attached to the rib 22. Extending inwardly from the edges of the ribs 28 and 29 and above the lugs 30 and 31 are the riveting-plates 39 and 40, between which plates is positioned the end of the I-beam 11. The plates 39 and 40 are of such a width that they will t closely between the flanges of the I-beam, and their outer surfaces are in a plane with the outer surfaces of the ribs 28 and 29.

The plates 39 and 40 are of substantially a uniform thickness, and when seen in crosssection, as in Fig. 2, they present a wavy appearance.

Formed in the plates 39 and 40 at regular intervals and in horizontal alinement are the circular liaring depressions 41 and 42, respec4 tively, and the inner surfaces of the material which forms said depressions engage upon opposite sides of the web of the I-beam, and in the centers of said depressions are apertures registering with similar apertures through said web, and the rivets 43 are inserted through said apertures7 thus holding said plates firmly in position relative to the I- beam. The inner face of one of the rivetingplates is shown in Fig. 4.

Strengthening-walls 44 are inserted between the depressions 41 and 42, and from the outer edges of the plates 39 and40 ribs 45 and 46 project toward each other and engage upon opposite sides ofthe web of the I-beam. Similar ribs 47 and 48 project toward each other from the inner edges of the plates 39 and 40 and engage upon opposite sides of the web of the I-beam.

As will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, the upper walls of the upper depressions 41 and 42 engage closely under the upper anges of the I-beam, whilethe lower walls of the lower depressions 41 and 42 engage closely against the lower flanges of the I-beam. l

Strengthening-walls 49 connect the walls of the adjacent circular depressions 41 and 42 with the ribs 45 and 46, and similar walls 50 connect the walls of the adjacent circular depressions with the ribs 47 and 48. The end edge of the I-beam engages directly against the free edges 0f the horizontal walls 32, 33, and 34, and the end of the lower flanges of the I-beam engages against the edges of the ribs 30, 31, and 35, while the end of the upper flanges of the I-beanl engages against the edges of the ribs 36, 37, and 38.

In the outer ends of the plates 16 and 17 and in vertical alinement with each other and between the outer ends of the ribs projecting', respectively, upwardly and downwardly from ,two outer corners rounded.

said plates are vertically-alined openings, designed to receive the bolt 51. ted lines in Fig. 1.)

-The outer housing-column 13 is a hollow casting, which is substantially rectangular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 8, with its Vebs 52 and 53, having the apertures 54 and 55, form the ends of the column. The lugs 56 project upwardly from the web 52 and engage upon each side of the free end of the plate 17, while the web 52 engages the under side 0f said end of said plate. The webY 53 engages the outer end of the plate 16 and the lugs 57 project downwardly from said web and engage on opposite sides of said plate. The bolt 51, after passing through the end of the plate 17, passes through the opening v54 and downwardly through the column 13, through the opening 55, and thence through the opening in the outer end of the plate 16, and nuts 58 are placed upon the lower end of said bolt, and said column is held rmly in position.A

The upper spring-seat 14 consists of a disk 59, which is of such a size thatit will tbetween the outer and inner housing-columns, as shown in Fig. 1. ject upwardly and downwardly from the edge of said disk and are designed to have the upper end of the spring inserted between them. The ends of the flanges 60 and 6l do not meet, thus forming recesses 62 and 63 between said ends, thus allowing the housing-columns 12 and 13 to come directly against the opposite edges of the disk 59. By this means it is possible to use a spring as large as can be easily inserted between said housing-columns.

Projecting upwardly from the upper face of the disk 59 are parallel vertical Walls 64 and 65, designed to -engage upon opposite sides of the plate 17 and theribs 20 and 21, as shown in Fig. 2. The walls 64 and 65 are highest at the center and slope both ways.

Strengthening-ribs 66 and 67 are inserted upon the upper surface of the disk 59 .and against the outer faces of the walls 64 and 65, respectively. e

Broadly speaking, the inner housing-column 12 consists of the vertical housing-plate 15, the lower housing-plate 16, the upper housing-plate 17, the outer ribs 20 and 21, the rib 22, the outer ribs 24 and 25, the rib V26, the ribs 28 and 29, the lugs 30 and 31, the walls 32, 33, and 34, the rib 35, the ribs 36 and 37, the rib 38, the riveting-plates 39 and 40, the walls 44, the ribs 45 and 46, the ribs 47 and 48, and the walls 49 and 50, all formed integral.

The pocket or hollow 68 formed between the ribs 28 and 29 and between the walls 32 and 33 and the similar pocket or hollow 69 formed between the walls 33 and 34 communicate with the space between the rivetingplates 41 and 42 through the opening between the ribs 45 and 46, and they are formed by (Shown in dotl Flanges 60 and 61 pro- IOO .the same core which forms the space between `oughly annealed and is ready for use.

The spring-seat 14: consists of the disk 59, the flanges 60 and 61, the walls 64 and 65,

i and the ribs 66 and 67, all cast integral in the usual way and annealed. o

My improved housings for the oil-boxes and springs of car-trucks possess all the essentials of a first-class job and at the saine time possess many advantages over the devices heretofore in use for the same purpose.

By changing or modifying the form of riveting-plates my improved housing may be attached to other forms of side beams than I-beams, and this may be done without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The feature to which I wish to call especial attention is the construction which allows Athe oil-boxes and springs to be removed from the car-truck through' the outer sides of the housings instead of through the lower sides of the housings, as has been the practice heretofore. This operation is made possible by the use of the outer housing-'columns interposed between the outer ends of the top and bottom plates, as vshown and described. It has been the practice heretofore to make the bottoms of the housings removable to permit of removing and replacing the oil-boxes and springs, and I believe that I am the iirst to make the outer housing-columns removable for this purpose. In this connection I do not wish to limit myself to the construction shown, as the outer housing-columns may be made in a great variety of forms and may be applied to many diiferent styles of side beams, and it is not essential to the success of this feature that my specific form of inner housing-column should be used. It is only essential that the outer vertical housing-column should be removable and replaceable 'without disturbing the other parts of the housing. By this construction when it is desired to remove the oil-boxes and springs from the housing the bolt 51 is first removed from its position, and then the outer housing-column 13 is removed from its position between the outer ends of the upper and lower plates. Then by jacking up the side beams until the weight of the truck is removed from the wheels the oil-boxes may be readily removed from the housings, and after being repaired may be replaced or other boxes may be substituted with much less trouble and labor than have heretofore been required where it was necessary to remove the oil-boxes by removing the lower sides of the housings.

By following the principles of my invention housings may be made with removable outer columns and applied to trucks having diamond-shaped arch-bar side beams, channelbar side beams, cast-steel side beams, and to -all the other ordinary constructions of side beams, as well as to the side beams which I show.

I claim- 1. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, the ri veting-plates 39 and 40 attached to the ends of said side beams, inner housing-columns attached to and formed integral with said riveting-plates, lugs projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and supporting -the lower corners of saidI-beams, horizontal walls projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and abutting against the end edges of the webs of said I-beams, upper housing-plates attached to and formed integral with the upper ends of said inner housing-columns,lower housing-plates attached to and formed integral with the lower ends of said inner housing-columns, and outer housing-columns removably inserted between the outer ends of said upper and lower housingplates, substantially as specified.

2. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams,means of holding said side beams in position relative to the cross-beam, riveting-plates attached to each end of each of the side beams, inner housing-columns attached to and formed integral with said riveting-plates, upper housing-plates attached to and formed integral with the upper ends of said housing-columns,

lower housing-plates attached to and formed integral with the lower ends of said housingcolumns, strengthening-ribs formed integral with the upper sides of said upper plates, strengthening-ribs formed integral with the lower sides of said lower plates, horizontal walls projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and abutting against the end edges of the webs of said I-beams, and ribs formed integral with said inner housingcolumns and connecting the inner ends of said upper ribs with the inner ends of said lower ribs and with said riveting-plates, substantially as specified.

3. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, riv-- eting-plates attached to each end of each of said side beams, inner housing-columns attached to said riveting-plates and formed integral therewith, the upper housing-plates formed integral with the upper ends of said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with the lower ends of said inner housing-columns, ribs upon the upper side of and formed integral with said upper housing-plates, ribs upon the lower side of and formed integral with said lower housingplates, ribs projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and connecting the inner ends of said upper ribs with said riveting-plates and the lower ends of said lower IOO IIO

ribs with said riveting-plates, lugs projecting inwardly from said last-mentioned ribs and engaging the lower corners of said I-beams, substantially as specified.

4. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, riveting-plates .attached to each end of each of said side beams, inner housing-columns attached to said riveting-plates and formed integral therewith, the upper housing-plates formed integral with the upper ends of said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with the lower ends of said inner housing-columns, ribs upon the upper side of and formed integral with said upper housing-plates, ribs upon the lower side of and formed integral with said lower housingplates, ribs projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and connecting the inner ends of said upper ribs with said riveting-plates and the lower ends of said lower ribs with said riveting-plates, lugs projecting inwardly from said last-mentioned ribs and engaging the lower corners of said I-beams, and horizontal walls projecting inwardly from said inner housingcolumns and abutting against the end edges of the webs of said I- beams, substantially as speciiied.

5. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, the riveting-plates 3 9 and 40 attached to said side beams, inner housing-columns formed integral with said riveting-plates, lugs projecting inwardly from said inner housing-columns and supporting the lower corners of said I- beams, upper housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, and the outer housing-columns 13 removably inserted between the outer ends of said upper and lower housing-plates, substantially as specified.

6. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, the riveting-plates 39 and 40 attached to said I-beam side beams, inner housing-columns formed integral with said riveting-plates, up-

per housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, outer housing-columns interposed between the outer ends of said upper and lower housing-plates, and the upper spring-seats 14 interposed against the under sides of said upper housing-plates and between the upper ends of said inner and said outer housing-columns, substantially as specified.

7. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, riveting-plates attached to said side beams, inner housing-columns formed integral with said riveting-plates, upper housing-plates vformed integral with said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, outer housing-columns interposed between the outer ends of said upper and lower housing-plates,`

ribs upon the upper sides of said upperhousing-plates, ribs upon the lower sides of said lower housing-plates, ribs connecting said upper ribs with said riveting-plates, ribs connecting said lower ribs with said rivetingplates, lugs upon said last-mentioned ribs and engaging the lower corners of said I-beams, substantially as specified. f l

8. V In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, riveting-plates attached to said side beams, inner housing-columns formed integral with said riveting-plates, upper housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, outer housin columns interposed between the outer en of said upper and lower housing-plates, ribs upon the upper sides of said upper housingplates, ribs upon the lower sides of said lower housing-plates, ribs connecting said upper ribs with said ri veting-plates, ribs connecting said lower ribs with said riveting-plates, lugs upon said last-mentioned ribs and engaging the lower corners of said I-beams, and horl- Zontal walls projecting inwardly from seid inner housing-columns and engaging the end edges of the webs of said I-bealns, substantially as specied.

9. In a car-truck, I-beam side beams, riveting-plates attached to said side beams, inner housing-columns formed integral with said riveting-plates, upper housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, lower housing-plates formed integral with said inner housing-columns, outer housin columns interposed between the outer en s of said upper and lower housing-plates, ribs upon the upper sides of said upper housingplates, ribs upon the lower sides of said lower housing-plates, ribs connecting said upper ribs with said riveting-plates, ribs connecting said lower ribs with said riveting-plates, lugs upon said last-mentioned ribs and engaging the lower corners of said I-beams, horizontal walls proj ect-ing inwardly from said inner housing-columns and engaging the end edges of the webs of said I-beams, and plates interposed against the under sides of said upper housing-plates and between the upper ends of said inner and said outer housing-columns, flanges projecting outwardly and downwardly from the edges of said plates and guide-walls projecting upwardly from said interposed plates and outside of said upper housingplates, substantially as specified.

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10. In a housing for the oil-boxes and springs Y of a car-truck, the inner housing-plate 15, the lower housing-plate 16 and the upper housingplate 17 all formed integral, the strengthening-ribs 20, 21 and 22 upon said upper housing-plate, the strengthening-ribs 24, 25 and 26 upon said lower housing-plate, the ribs 28 and 29 extending inwardly from the edges '0f the plate 15 and connecting the inner endsef the upper ribs 20 and 2l with the inner ends of the lower ribs 24 and 25, the horizontal walls 32, 33 and 34 extending inwardly from the plate 15 and between the ribs 28 and 29 and the riveting-plates 39 and 40 extending inwardly from the ribs 28 and 29, all formed integral, substantially as specified.

11. In a housing for the oil-boxes and springs of a car-truck, the inner housing-plate 15, the lowerhousing-plate 16 and the upper housingplate 17 all formed integral, the ribs 20, 21 and 22 upon the upper side of the upper housing-plate 17 the ribs 24, 25 and 26 upon the lower side of the lower housing-plate 16, the ribs 28, 29 and 35 extending inwardly from the lower end of said plate 15, the lugs 30 and 31 extending inwardly from said ribs 28 and 29, respectively, the ribs 36, 37 and 38 extending inwardly from the upper end of said plate 15, the horizontal walls 32, 33 and 34 extending inwardly from said plate and the riveting-plates 39 and 40 connected with said plate 15, all formed integral, substantially as specified.

12. In a housing for the oil -boxes and springs of a car-truck, the inner housing-plate 15, the lower housing-plate 16 and the upper housing-plate 17 all formed integral, the ribs 20, 21 and 22 upon the upper side of the upper housing-plate 17, the ribs 24, 25 and 26 upon the lower side of the lower housing-plate 16, the ribs 28, 29 and 35 extending inwardly from the lower end of said plate 15, the lugs 30 and 31 extending inwardly from said ribs 28 and 29, respectively, the ribs 36, 37 and 38 extendinginwardly from the upper end of said plate 15, the horizontal walls 32, 33 and 34 extending inwardly from said plate 15, the riveting-plates 39 and 40 connecting with said plate 15, all formed integral, said rivetingplates having the circular depressions 41 and 42, the ribs 45 and 46 extending toward each other from the outer edges of said rivetingplates 39 and 40, the ribs 47 and 48 extending inwardly toward each other from the inner edges of said plates 39 and 40, the walls 44 connecting said circular depressions 41 and 42, the walls 49 connecting said circular depressions with the ribs 45 and 46, respectively, the walls 50 connecting said circular depressions with the ribs 47 and 48, respectively, all cast integral and annealed, substantially as specified.

13. In a housing for the oilboxes and springs of a car-truck, the outer housing-column 13; which column is hollow and substantially rectangular in cross-section with its two outer corners rounded; the web 52 closing the upper end of the opening in said column and having the small aperture 54 in its center, the web 53 closing the lower end of the opening in said column and having the small aperture 55 in its center, the lugs 56 projecting upwardly from said web 52 and the lugs 57 proj ecting downwardly from said web 53, all cast integral and annealed, substantially as specied.

14. In a housing for the oil boxes and springs of a car-truck, the upper spring-seat 14 consisting of the disk 59, the flanges 60 and 6l extending outwardly and downwardly from the edge of said disk and leaving the recesses 62 and 63 upon opposite sides of said disk, the walls 64 and 65 projecting upwardly from said disk and the strengthening-ribs 66 and 67 against the outer sides of said walls and upon the upper face of said disk 59, all cast integral, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. W'ANDS.

Witnesses:

S. G. WELLS, MAUD GRIFFIN. 

